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- GLC#
- GLC05898
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 11 June 1781
- Author/Creator
- Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
- Title
- to William Whipple
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 18.7 cm, Width: 14.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Discusses the state of financial affairs and the need for a national bank to stop depreciation of the currency and reduced powers of the government. Writes that he "must apply or support to Gentlemen of your Character and Zeal for the service of their Country." He asks him to subscribe to the bank, and to encourage his friends and fellow citizens to do likewise. "We shall have to appeal to the interests of mankind...."
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